Originally Posted by
Shamanic
He's right. You do not get a good game by just giving people what they ask for, because what one person wants - another doesn't. Yes, they are making their game for the playerbase, but that playerbase does not all want the same thing, and pleasing everyone is an impossible goal.
It's also not just about that - players don't understand the technical limits, they may not understand the resources required, what things may be affected when one thing is changed, what knock on effects there will be. Also developers and designers have to create a game that they are proud to put their name on, a game that they hope will be critically acclaimed from a design and art point of view as well as that of their players. There has to be a lot of due consideration.
He never said that he didn't want the game to be enjoyed by the people who play it... I personally read his statement as saying that player demands can't be the sole consideration.
It may be something he shouldn't have tried to say in a tweet because it's a far more complex issue than a one liner for twitter.